割に（は） (ni ha)

Meaning & usage

割に（は）expresses that something is relatively or comparatively different from what the preceding situation would lead you to expect, often with a nuance of contrast. It attaches to nouns and plain-form verbs and adjectives, and the emphatic form 割には highlights the gap between expectation and reality.

Example sentences 8

1. 彼かれは年としの割わりに若わかく見みえるので、大学生だいがくせいとして通用つうようします。

   He looks so young for his age that he passes for a college student.

2. 現在の税制度のもとでは正直にやっていると割に合わない。

   Honesty doesn't pay under the current tax system.

3. 勉強するって言ってた割には、全然進んでないじゃないの。

   Although you said you would be studying, you haven't made much progress, have you?

4. 買い物の割に遅かったな。どこぞでよろしくやっていたのか？

   You're pretty late to have just gone shopping. Have you been making out someplace?

5. ダイエットは非常な努力を要するが、その割に成果は少ない。

   Dieting takes up so much human endeavor with so little to show for it.

6. 彼女は３０代だが、歳の割にはふけて見える。

   She is in her thirties, but looks old for her age.

7. なるほど彼は若いが年の割には経験が豊かだ。

   Indeed he is young, but he is well experienced for his age.

8. 父は４８歳だが、年の割には若く見える。

   My father is 48, but he looks young for his age.